“My conduct in the Free Trade Hall and outside was meant as a protest against the legal position of women today. We cannot make any orderly protest because we have not the means whereby citizens may do such a thing; we have not a vote; and so long as we have not votes we must be disorderly. There is no other way whereby we can put forward our claims to political justice. When we have that you will not see us at the police courts; but so long as we have not votes this will happen.” FeminismSuffragettePankhurst Author:Christabel Pankhurst
“Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.” PoliticalPoliticsLosesMajorsPressesTemperPublicityPolitical Life Author:Christabel Pankhurst
“People are led to reason thus: a woman who is a wife is one who has made a permanent sex bargain for her maintenance; the woman who is not married must therefore make a temporary bargain of the same kind.” PeopleKindMadeReasonSexWifeMarriedPermanentTemporaryProstitutionBargainsMaintenance Author:Christabel Pankhurst
“there were some Labourists saying that other things must be dealt with before women got the vote. It was humanly natural that they, as men, should say so. Our business as women was to recognize this and act accordingly.” MenShouldNaturalVoteWomens RightsSuffrage Author:Christabel Pankhurst
“Women have suffered too much from the Conspiracy of Silence to allow that conspiracy to last one minute longer. It has been an established and admitted rule in the medical profession to keep a wife in ignorance of the fact that she has become the victim of venereal disease.” Has BeensFactsLastsSilenceToo MuchWifeMinutesIgnoranceDiseaseVictimProfessionMedicalConspiracyWomens RightsOne MinuteMedical Profession Author:Christabel Pankhurst
“Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand besides us, fight with us.” InspirationalHandsRememberFightingWomenDignityEqualityAppealsWomanhoodGender EqualityInternational Women's DayWomen EqualityInternational Women DayHappy Woman Author:Christabel Pankhurst
“It is our duty to make this world a better place for women.” WorldThis WorldDutyBetter Place Author:Christabel Pankhurst
